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The Encyclopædia Britannica First Edition (1768–1771) is a 3-volume reference work, an edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica. It was developed during the encyclopaedia's earliest period as a two-man operation founded by Colin Macfarquhar and Andrew Bell , in Edinburgh, Scotland, and was sold unbound in subscription format over a period of ...
William Smellie (1740–1795) was a Scottish printer who edited the first edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica. He was also a naturalist and antiquary. He was also a naturalist and antiquary. He was a joint founder of the Royal Society of Edinburgh , co-founder of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland , and a friend of Robert Burns .
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First of the weekly numbers of the Encyclopædia Britannica, edited by William Smellie, are published in Edinburgh (10 December); one hundred are planned. An Essay upon Prints, containing remarks upon the principles of picturesque beauty by William Gilpin. A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy by Laurence Sterne. [10]
The first two pamphlets ("numbers") of the Encyclopædia Britannica were issued in December 1768, being sold from the printing office of its originator, Colin Macfarquhar, in Nicholson Street in Edinburgh. In 1968, several celebrations of the Britannica's bicentennial were held, and the three volumes of the 1st edition were reprinted in facsimile.
In 2009, Britannica Global Edition was printed with 30 volumes. It contained over 40,000 articles and 8,500 photographs. [ 5 ] In 2012, after 244 years, Britannica ended the print editions, with the 32 volumes of the 2010 installment being the last on paper; future editions have been published exclusively online since. [ 6 ]
Advertisement for Encyclopædia Britannica, 1913. The Encyclopædia Britannica has been published continuously since 1768, appearing in fifteen official editions. Several editions have been amended with multi-volume "supplements" (third, fifth/sixth), consisted of previous editions with added supplements (10th, and 12th/13th) or gone drastic re-organizations (15th).
Colin Macfarquhar (1744/5 – 2 April 1793) [1] [2] was a Scottish bookseller and printer who is most known for co-founding Encyclopædia Britannica with Andrew Bell, first published in December 1768. [3] [4] The dates of his birth and death remain uncertain, even to Britannica itself. [1]